15-letter words containing g, l, s
- dissolving view — an effect created by the projection of slides on a screen in such a way that each picture seems to dissolve into the succeeding one without an interval in between.
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- downhill skiing — the sport of skiing down a slope, usually making turns and various maneuvers.
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- driving license — A driving license is the same as a driver's license.
- duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- early saxifrage — an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- ecclesiological — Of or pertaining to ecclesiology.
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- ecotoxicologist — One who studies ecotoxicology.
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
- english channel — waterway between England and France
- english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
- english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
- epidemiologists — Plural form of epidemiologist.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- estates general — States-General (sense 1)
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
- ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
- evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- extension light — a light on the end of a length of cable
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- feast of lights — Hanukkah.
- feelinglessness — Lack of feeling or emotion.
- female suffrage — woman suffrage.
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- fight windmills — to fight imaginary evils or opponents
- filling station — service station (def 1).
- finger spelling — a method of communicating with or among deaf people in which different shapes made with the fingers represent different letters of the alphabet
- first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
- flashlight fish — any of several fishes, especially Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid.
- fleming's rules — two rules used as mnemonics for the relationship between the directions of current flow, motion, and magnetic field in electromagnetic induction. The hand is held with the thumb, first, and second fingers at right angles, respectively indicating the directions of motion, field, and electric current. The left hand is used for electric motors and the right hand for dynamos
- flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.